Day 2 of Cleaning a Teen’s Room

Wow! We sure have made a lot of progress. Today we cleaned the inside of the closet and inside all the furniture. I folded all her clothes and sorted them. I was surprised to find her “junk drawer” pretty tidy! I guess she hadn’t used anything from that drawer in the last 6 months. I [...]

Day 1 of Cleaning a Teen’s Room

I have a daughter who thinks that if she spreads everything all over her floor people will stay out of her room. She also has a hoarding problem. Not only does she mix her dirty and clean laundry in the floor, she never throws things away. Her nice stuff, favorite drawings and such, often get [...]

Spring Cleaning

I want to start spring cleaning desparately but we are so busy every day selling cookies trying to reach our goals that I will have to settle for clean enough. Lizzie -13yo public school student will take over – dirty dishes, her own laundry, weekly vacuuming and cleaning bathrooms. John -10yo homeschool son will take over [...]

Rotating Chores List4

  LIST 4 MORNING reboot laundry AM     NOON tidy your room     NIGHT load dishwasher     DAILY M vacuum your room DAILY T reboot laundry PM DAILY W trashcan to curb DAILY F fold laundry x2 loads DAILY SA put away laundry DAILY SU tidy your room     THURS1 hand [...]

Rotating Chores List3

  LIST 3 MORNING swish & swipe one bathroom     NOON tidy kitchen     NIGHT cook dinner     DAILY M tidy your room DAILY T vacuum your room DAILY W vacuum floors DAILY F reboot laundry PM DAILY SA fold laundry x2 DAILY SU put away laundry     THURS1 Kid’s Mission THURS2 [...]

Rotating Chores List2

  LIST 2 MORNING swish & swipe (one bathroom)     NOON tidy living room     NIGHT take out trash     DAILY M put away laundry DAILY T gather all trash  DAILY W tidy your room DAILY F vacuum your room DAILY SA reboot laundry PM DAILY SU fold laundry x2 loads     [...]

Rotating Chore Lists

  LIST 1 MORNING empty dishwasher     NOON make lunch     NIGHT clear after dinner     DAILY M fold laundry x2 loads DAILY T put away laundry DAILY W trash can to backyard DAILY F tidy your room DAILY SA vacuum your room DAILY SU reboot laundry PM     THURS1 vacuum [...]

2010 Chore Chart

We’ve been using the same chores for a very long time- at least two years. DH has noticed when he’s been home this winter that the kids spend too much time arguing over when they will do their chores, which chores they will do, and “He got an easy chore that I wanted!” So Christmas [...]

Chore List

I hope I haven’t kept you hanging too long! These are the chores that I let my kids choose from for their 3 DAILY Chores. Swish and Swipe the Hall Bathroom Reboot Laundry AM Reboot Laundry PM Empty Dishwasher AM Make Lunch Clear Table PM Load Dishwasher 4PM Cook Dinner Clear Table after dinner Run Dishwasher [...]

Do you pay for chores?

We do pay for chores. Since the children were three years old we’ve paid them a dollar per year . The 3-year old got $3 per payday to blow on anything she wanted. The 5-year old got $5. That worked well for years!  In the last two years we’ve all joined scouting. John’s in Cub Scouts, the [...]